U.S. Will Find Indispensable Ally in Israel, Rabbi Miller Reports

“The United States and Britain will find in Israel an indispensable ally in their search for world peace and security, “Rabbi Irving Miller, president of the Zionist Organization of America, said last night, reporting to a joint meeting of the National Executive and Administrative Councils of the Z.O.A. on his recent visit to Israel. He underscored Israel’s desire for peace with the Arab states.

Rabbi Miller also announced that both he and Mortimer May, chairman of the Z.O.A. Administrative Council, will again leave for Israel within a fortnight to attend the conference of American Zionist leaders which has been convened for mid-November by Premier David Ben Gurion to discuss methods of strengthening the Zionist movement. The meeting was also addressed by Abraham Goodman, chairman of the Z.O.A. Inner Committee, who just returned from Israel where, together with Rabbi Miller and Dr. Emanuel Neumann, he supervised the arrangements for the completion of the Z.O.A. House in Tel Aviv.

The meeting was highlighted by the first public appearance of the four-man delegation of Israeli General Zionist leaders. The four are: Joseph Saphir, member of the Knesset and former mayor of Petach Tikva; Dr. Elimelech Rimalt, member of the Knesset and head of the public school system of the city of Ramat Gan; Shimon Bejarano, member of the Knesset and vice-president of the Israel Manufacturers’ Association; and Samuel Ussishkin, noted attorney and journalist, the son of the late founder of the Jewish National Fund.

Mr. Saphir, in a joint statement to the meeting in behalf of the entire delegation, termed the twofold purpose of their visit as a “goodwill mission and as an instrument to strengthen and cement the link between Israel and American Jewry and the Z.O.A. as well as to strengthen the link between the General Zionists in Israel and likeminded Zionists in America.”

The Israel delegate paid tribute to the political and material contributions of American Jewry, the Z.O.A. and its leaders towards the establishment of the State of Israel. He declared that the development of the economy of Israel, the broad basis which private initiative has created for the absorption of immigrants up till now, is at present a very important factor for absorbing additional private capital from the United States and other countries. “Such Jewish capital, with the know-how and experience of American Jews, can play an important part in the improvement of the economy of Israel and the expansion of its potentialities in various economic spheres,” he stated.